The Editorial Board of CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa (CIRIEC journal of public, social and cooperative economy) will examine all articles related to public or social economy (third sector), specially those related to co-operatives, mutual benefit societies and nonprofit organizations, which are submitted to be published. All articles submitted must be unpublished and not submitted to any other source for its publication. It is supposed that authors have given their consent to publish the article in this review. All articles must be written in Spanish or in English.

Papers will be evaluated by external referees. The articles’ scientific level and their contribution to the information exchange between the research field and that of those working on Public Administration and on social economy (third sector) will be some of the selective criteria. Articles may be accepted, revised to a different degree or refused. The authors of the articles accepted must renounce to the copyright of its Spanish version and authorize the review to publish their articles on its Web page as well as reproduced them in different scientific data base, as established by law.

The papers, in Spanish or in English, should be uploaded onto the electronic management system of CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa (CIRIEC journal of public, social and cooperative economy) through the link:

In addition to use the journal electronic management system, you should send an electronic version (in pdf or .doc) of your paper to ammb@uv.es. If you have any problems or doubts about the process please contact the personal of the journal at the same email.

The author/s must also send a sworn statement asserting that the text is entirely original, truthful, completely the author/s own and that it is not being reviewed by any other journal at the moment.

Once the article has been accepted, an extended abstract of 1000 to 1500 words (maximum 21,000 characters including spaces) in length, of the appropriate type, must be submitted entirely in English for articles in Spanish, or entirely in Spanish for articles in English. The extended abstracts will be published at the end of the journal. The extended abstract must include the following sections: Objectives, Design / Methodology / Approach; Results / Research Limitations / Implications, Practical Conclusions and Originality.

ADDENDUM

According to what was decided in the assembly of members of CIRIEC-Spain held on 3/6/2016, concerning the publication of articles in ‘CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa’, for articles received as of November 1, 2016, authors who do not have the status of members of the Association must pay 90 euros in conccept of financing the edition of the Journal. This contribution will be reduced to 50% for the first article published by researchers under the age of 30 years, in order to support young researchers. This amount will be paid by each author of the article once the article has passed the external evaluation phase. CIRIEC's individual members do not have to pay for publishing in the Journal.

COPYRIGHT FORM AND REPOSITORY

The authors of the articles accepted must renounce to the copyright ot its Spanish / English version and authorize the review to publish their articles on its Web page as well as reproduced them in different scientific data base, as established by law. Authors can deposit their article in their own personal and institutional sites.

If you are an expert in your research field and you wish to be a referee of this journal or you wish to suggest new thematics or special issues to CIRIEC journal of public, social and cooperative economy, don’t hesitate and contact us at: http://www.uv.es/uidescoop/formularioa.

EDITORIAL POLICY 2017-2018

CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa (CIRIEC journal of public, social and cooperative economy) will prioritise the publication of articles on the following subjects:

Training and education in Social Economy and Cooperativism

The Social Economy in the digital revolution

The Social Economy in an international perspective (national visions and realities)

New theories and approaches on Social Economy, Economy for the Common Good, Collaborative Economy, Solidarity Economy, Third Sector and Social Enterprises

It will also prioritise articles on:

Evaluation of the social and economic impact of the social economy. Theory and empirical results

Denaturalization, transformation and regeneration of the entities of the Social economy

Social economy, economic growth and welfare

Tax regime for the social economy entities in the context of revision of the Spanish fiscal framework

Social economy and cooperatives in the new national and international policies